Proverbs 6:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

² if you are snared in the utterance of your lips, caught in the words of your mouth;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² You are snared with the words of your lips, you are caught by the speech of your mouth.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Common English Bible

² you will be trapped by your words; you will be caught by your words.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² then you are ensnared by the words of your own mouth, and taken captive by your own words.

Proverbs 6:2 Cross References

Proverbs 18:7

A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to himself.

Proverbs 12:13

An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble.

Deuteronomy 7:25

The graven images of their gods you shall burn with fire; you shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, or take it for yourselves, lest you be ensnared by it; for it is an abomination to the Lord your God.

Proverbs 6:1

My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger;

Proverbs 6:3

then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into your neighbor's power: go, hasten, and importune your neighbor.